A teen reported missing by her family will soon be back in the Upstate, according to deputies.

A release from the Laurens County Sheriff’s Office said that Veronica Bobadilla is in the custody of Atlanta police.

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Laurens County deputies will pick Bobadilla to bring her back to Laurens.

Deputies had asked for help from the public to find Veronica Bobadilla, of Laurens, after family members who tried to contact her said they got text messages saying, “I’ve killed Veronica. Stop texting her.”

Bobadilla's parents said they last saw their daughter on Monday. They feared she may have been trying to get to Texas to meet someone she had been corresponding with on Facebook.

Bobadilla’s mother said her daughter had been threatening to run away to Texas, and had recently asked her uncle how long it would take to get there.

A friend of Bobadilla’s said she got a Facebook message from her saying, “I killed Veronica ya’ll want (sic) find her. The Facebook location indicated the message was posted from Lilburn, Georgia.

Tuesday afternoon, Bobadilla reported called home to say she was on her way back, but it is not yet clear where she was headed or where she was when she called.